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Client: Castello Sgr S.p.A.Renzo Piano Building Workshop, architectsDesign team: S.Scarabicchi, D.Vespier (partner and associate in charge), with A.Bonenberg, T.Degryse, E.Donadel, V.Grassi, F.Kaufmann, G.Longoni, M.Menardo, M.Orlandi, P.Pelanda, D.Piano, S.Polotti, S.Russo, L.Soprani, G.Traverso, D.Trovato, C.Zaccaria and C.Araya, O.Gonzales Martinez, Y.Kabasawa, S.Picariello, S.Rota, H.Tanabe S.D’Atri (CAD operator) F.Cappellini, A.Malgeri, A.Marazzi, S.Rossi, F.Terranova (models)Consultants : Favero & Milan (structure) Manens Intertecnica (building services) Associazione PAEA (energy) Müller BBM (acoustics) Dia Servizi (cost consultant) M.Vuillermin (hydrogeotechnical studies) A.I.A.Įngineering (roads and associated infrastructure) Ingegneri Consulenti Associati (sewerage networks) GAE Engineering (fire prevention cost consultant) Atelier Corajoud-Salliot-Taborda, E.Skabar (landscape) Tekne (cost and specification consultant) Twice/Iure (project co-ordination)2010-2013MUSE ExhibitsTrento, Ital圜lient: Museo Tridentino di Scienze NaturaliRenzo Piano Building Workshop, architectsDesign team: S.

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In fact, the building represents a large tropical greenhouse which, during certain periods of the year, is even capable of establishing a functional relationship with the specific exhibition stands (even outdoors), in which water, lighting and greenery often play a key role in defining the visitor’s natural surroundings.The educational and laboratory services for the public are offered in a series of aboveground structures located alongside the exhibition areas, thus promoting interactive experiences for each individual subject matter. The building’s shape and/or “rain forest” function also serves to define is interior space and functionality. This experience is highlighted by ample exhibition spaces on two or three levels, with ceilings high enough to welcome extremely large sets and backdrops. The scientific themes of the mountain and the glacier are subsequently dealt with through a series of exhibition spaces, which gradually rise up from the basement level and nearly “break through” the roof, thus creating an observation point immersed within the environment, from which a true “simulation” of the real experience can be enjoyed.

It is aligned with the main axis of the district and traverses the entire depth of the building towards the north, overlooking the park area outside Palazzo delle Albere.

Starting from the east, the first structure houses functions which are not available to the public, such as administrative and research offices, scientific laboratories and ancillary spaces for on-site staff. The entire structure is held together at the top by its large roof layers, which are in complete harmony with its forms, thus rendering them recognizable even from the outside. The entire new district will feature a number of 4 to 5 storey buildings, with an in-line or courtyard layout, along with the presence of two “special objects”, serving as aggregation points at all hours of the day, for both the complex’s residents and the rest of the city.PROJECT GUIDELINESThe power system The project is aimed at exploiting the location’s peculiarities with respect to the specific features of its landscape and natural surroundings.

In fact, due to the height, the cadence and dimensional scale of the buildings themselves, which are comparable to those of the city’s historic centre and the existing industrial structures, the project favors a horizontal interpretation of the relationship between the new buildings and the open spaces foreseen by the design. In accordance with the plans that have already been established by the City Council, it will be necessary to construct new railway underpasses for vehicles and pedestrians, to render this connection both physically and visually feasible.The construction volumes have even been calculated based upon an examination and careful analysis of the City of Trento’s historic centre, as well as the way in which the different activities will occupy the urban spaces themselves and the proportions between the width of the streets and the heights of the surrounding buildings.

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